They Dumped 2 Million Tires Into The Ocean. Fifty Years Later You Won’t Believe the Results!

Find out why they dumped 2 millions tires into the ocean... and what happened 50 years later!
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[@youtubeleavemealone]

As a local Florida diver, I will state that your assertion at 14:00, that artificial reefs do not benefit the fish populations, is not consistent with my personal observations. The tires were a bad idea, but other reefs that were made from bridge sections, ships, and other items, have formed useful habitats that have been productive.

[@Leosarebetter]

💯 From my own observations on the other side of the planet, the benefits of artificial reefs as you stated is spot on.

[@artmosley3337]

The tires are actually very efficient fuel… ground up and mixed with cole, creates an extremely hot fuel mixture.. and with the new technology air scrubbers, cleaner than any other type of disposal… same with plastic.. both are Freeeeee Fuel!!!

[@Johnboy33545]

My former ship, the USCGC Duane, is now a reef off the East coast of Florida. It's considered a successful project.

[@trapperjohn6089]

Works really good on a small scale. It’s the oldest trick in the book for stocking a small pond with new fry. Chain a bunch of tires together with a couple of cinderblocks. Throw them in the water just off the bank. Voilà. The larger fish can’t eat up the fry, and your fish population explodes.

[@guarami1]

Use stainless chain. Edit: Carbon fiber links would be ideal in that environment.

[@nobodyimportant369]

As a Navy Veteran I can assure you that we sink old ships all the time.We call it a SINKEX (Sink Exercise). When a ship gets too old and repairing it or refurbishing it is too expensive we strip it down of anything that can be repurposed and tow it out to the middle of the ocean (or where ever they want a new reef). Then shoot all our ammo that is about to go bad and can't be safely stored anymore and sink it. This disposes of old ammo and the ship, gives the newer crew members experience in live fire situations, and (supposedly) creates healthy new reefs for the fishes. The USS Crommelin, FFG 37, (my old ship) was sunk off the coast of Hawaii in July 26, 2016. Footnote: They left a lot of equipment onboard and I don't know why!

[@nahthravan]

Probably the same reason, disposing or refurbishing would cost more

[@tommyandersson4123]

This may be a good idea for military forces, solving 2 problems at the same time. But we need to consider the fact that the environment may not agree. If we can build new ships and ammo, why cant we use a non profitable shipyard to break down old ships instead of sinking or sending them to Africa for breakdown? Something is wrong with our economic models when we cant take care of the products we produce. I am not one of these crazy environmentalists, but I do realize thar other things than CO2 is a bigger problem to the world. Mercury, Lead, plastics in water, Rubber, radioactive waste etc needs to be taken care of as well. USA have paid Russia a lot of money to scrap old Submarine ships in Murmansk.

[@funpau7549]

Disgusting. We eat the seaweed and seafood from the sea, why would anyone want to dump garbage into the bowl of soup they are eating from?

[@tommyandersson4123]

@@funpau7549 Yes, you have a point there. During the dark ages, people had their drinking wells to close to dirty mottes (incl fecal mattet) around water castles. Which resulted in all sorts of diseases. Up until 1970 or so, the world regarded our seas as self-emptying waste bins. When the austronauts sat on the moon and looked back at the earth, they started to question this, becoming early environmentists. Jim Hansen at Nasa was one of them. It will take a long time, but today we are aware of the situation, and there will be inventions to improve things. I think Energy and Freshwater needs to be prioritized for industrialized countries. For developing countries freshwater, toilets, education and planting forests into deserts to increase living standards without Carbon pollution might be prioritized.

[@szenz640]

I swam the bow of the Beagle off of Key Largo, very cool/eerie environment around ~160ft below surface. Did the Captain Morgan pose on one of the barrels still strung up on deck and won a free cask of rum.

[@robertrinehart4985]

We really do need to get a grip. I've lived on the ocean my whole life and the loss of reefs, wild life & trash I pick up out of the water on a daily basis just sickens me😢 We need to stop shitting in our nest people!!!!!!

[@LloydsofRochester]

Regrettably, the worst of it comes from Asia. Don't get me started...

[@marioxerxescastelancastro8019]

The ocean is the biggest garbage dump in the world and that is as it should be.

[@gordocarbo]

@@marioxerxescastelancastro8019 Not if you eat seafood it isnt.

[@marioxerxescastelancastro8019]

@@gordocarbo I do not. Seafood is just edible garbage.

[@jeffmilum9001]

Have you been diving in the Dominican Republic? I did a two-tank dive on the south shore of the DR and was puzzled by the lack of fish/wildlife AND the strange, gray'ish color of the coral. I also noticed, literally dozens of cans and plastic bottles all around the coral formations! So I managed to sneak away from the team (I stayed within sight of the group). When it was time to surface, I still had over 800 pounds of air, and I noticed that the anchor was stuck and everyone was on the surface except me and the dive master. I signaled him that I would get the anchor loose, and he and I went to work on it. That's when I realized why the coral was all dead and there was no fish! The anchor was lodged IN the coral, AND the line was wrapped around a huge coral head. I freed the anchor (with help from the dive master) and we surfaced. IMMEDIATELY I noticed a concrete anchor bouy not 500 feet away, and it was embedded in sand! So, naturally, I said something to the dive master and he said, and I quote: "The coral around here is all like that." 😳 I've been diving since 1970, and I've always been taught, and I respected that teaching, that you NEVER touch coral! (We've all hit it on occasion, but we certainly try not to) The people of the DR have ZERO respect for the eco system of the ocean, and the vast majority of the coral is dead and trash litters the ocean floor. On the bus back to the resort, I was struck by the amount of litter, especially plastic, on the sides of the roads. I've never been diving anywhere so dirty in my entire life. My advice to anyone who likes to snorkel or dive is: STAY AWAY FROM THE DR!

[@JamesP29]

As a fisherman, I can tell you that artificial reefs are successful. Usually, the ones that work are sunken boats, cars, trains and concrete.

[@capt.stubing5604]

Profit is the ultimate motivation to get things done.

[@ThomasWLalor]

"When money talks, NOBODY walks."

[@andrewprior5080]

Without profit there is apathy and misery. Do gooders live in a false sense of security and abundance provided by capitalism

[@andrekruger135]

Aye. Which is why the capitalis USA flourished while the communist USSR and China floundered.

[@devinmcaluliff7001]

You need to look up an article is Discovery magazine called Anything into Oil…check it out, y’all might learn something

[@helbent4]

Profit is a strong motivation, but not the only one. For example, if you volunteer you are still getting things done without a profit motive. The problem with profit as your only motivation is that it also easily leads to perverse outcomes like out of control pollution, not to mention (at times) illegality. Profit continually leads to apathy and misery if the wealth is concentrated. A rising tide should lift all boats. If you have a society (say) like the USA where wealth is super-concentrated you can easily find plenty of misery and poverty.

[@roysnider3456]

Any company that’s actually cleaning up our messes should make a profit.

[@quixote5844]

The cheapskate companies who want to pretend to solve the problem they caused need to pay for their own damage.

[@Katsojay]

Not really

[@Katsojay]

What am trying to say is they shouldn't earn money off it they polluted the ocean and atmosphere its their job to fix it

[@roysnider3456]

@@Katsojay is that it? Your whole response?no reason no logic not even an opinion as to why the people making things better shouldn’t make a little profit for their efforts?

[@jvmiller1995]

@@roysnider3456 don't mind this katsojoy person. They are the typical liberal they think the government should just print money and hand it out to anyone who claims to make the world safer and more eko. Never mind us greedy humans that have to live on earth. Why do we need to make a profit ?...when the government can just print more money!!!!!!!

[@masteryoda2918]

Carbon Dioxide is NOT a pollutant. It is the major part of the food that plants eat and that is why more CO2 is good for plants.

[@johnkkkj]

Love how you kept it real and explored all the pro's and cons of everything. Very educational and eye opening, thank you!

[@HaroldBrice]

@johnkkkj: if pros gets an apostrophe then why does not cons ? Open your eyes.

[@RobertLee337CancelProof]

You have something on your nose (it's brown) The irony though is that it was far from keeping it real and one only needs to recognize the multiple attacks on Florida which were gratuitous at best. Enjoy your red pills

[@briank.2650]

​@@HaroldBrice WOW! Who shit in your cereal?

[@robharding5345]

Mankind really does have a lot to answer for, This lazy disposal of unwanted items into our oceans is really unforgivable.

[@benjaminlear1619]

Get to answering then

[@robertbolino9052]

That's why I'm asking! Is there a reason?

[@kay6736]

Careful. If you investigate too deeply you'll end up labeled a far right extremist for having the audacity to point blame at a small group of sociopaths that keep boasting about their evil deeds. @@robertbolino9052

[@shadowbonnie2314]

More like Americans, lol.

[@LAZY_PHILOMATH]

More like Bankers

[@BarredCoast0]

Just imagine how comfortable your ride on the highway would be if they ground up all those tires and mixed it with asphalt to pave new roads. Recycling this way would be a great way to get rid of used tires.

[@Salicat99]

Yes, that is a great idea! One question, though, how well would this mixture handle rapid changes in temperature?

[@pietrayday9915]

They've been talking about doing just that since the 1960s as a "miracle solution" for the Tire Problem, much like the artificial reef "miracle solution". It's actually been done - Arizona piloted programs for it with some success, but there's always a problem, and in the case of mixing ground tires into asphalt, the benefits are that it's a smoother ride, sound pollution gets reduced, and you make some of the tires disappear, but it requires energy and CO2 to grind all those tires up, and the resulting asphalt mix is notoriously unstable, with the asphalt easily breaking down under various conditions unless more chemical goop gets mixed in. And as usual, a lot of these sorts of problems - toxicity, unsustainability, breakdown of materials over time into new problems, and so on - often take years, decades, or generations to appear, so that future generations can slap their foreheads and ask "what were they thinking, trying to do good this way???" In any event, it looks like this "miracle solution" never really went away, they're still putting research and development into it, and who knows? Maybe they'll find a way to make it work eventually in a way that creates fewer problems than it solves. Good luck to them!

[@jeepguylv80]

they do this here in las vegas, they also do this in arizona, texas and california. you can read the article in asphalt magazine.

[@kindlin]

@@pietrayday9915 There have been a number of breakthroughs in recycling or getting rid of plastics and other misc petroleum based products. Microbes, worms, novel chemical reactions, all kinds of research is going on. I wouldn't be too surprised if in the next 10 years something really interesting happens on the recycling front.

[@IAW88]

*Your video is very good, I see the effort you put in to create a great product for us, thank you!*

[@srfpunk8207]

Humans just don't understand that the earth just needs to be left alone for it to thrive. The more humans do, the worse it gets

[@robertallen6710]

The WHOLE point...🧐

[@Southflman]

Having lived in Florida since 1969 I have seen so many well thought out disasters happen, from walking catfish (and other fish imported like the lion fish) to pythons being released, monkeys released, and the tire dump. I started diving in 1970 and loved how nature provided the reefs and other underwater features that made it so wonderful, though I have never dived on any of the artificial reefs, lets not forget the Rolls Royce sunk off Delray Beach I believe, I have not dived in over 30 years mostly out of fear of seeing the destruction man has done, and continues to do. Mother nature has a way of punishing us for what we do wrong.

[@timomajere]

Conventional issues require unconventional solutions. This is why so many things are going wrong today. No one able to think outside their own litter boxes anymore.

[@Skyskwatch297]

As a structural engineer, I have learned that complicated problems usually have a simple solution. If we step back and look at the "Big Picture", we are able to see the root cause of the problem 👍🏼 We start there...

[@charlestaylor3195]

Now that, was funny, and sad, because it's true.

[@timomajere]

@@Skyskwatch297 We have Tide pod eaters, Flat earthers and more pronouns than we can shake a stick at. Common sense, not so common anymore. Simple solutions, not so simple. People now step back just to get a better angle for their videos.

[@lancerevell5979]

And, all those useless covid masks being discarded, clogging the seas. And the idea of the 1960s Hippies making people think of the environment? Yeah, just google up pics of Yashur's Farm right after Woodstock. 😂

[@davidarundel6187]

It's called cooperate , instead we have a competition , for everything .

[@Xerdar36]

During World War II.. there was a time industrial fishing was paused, due to the war effort… the fish population thrived during that time…

[@angelofamillionyears4599]

So we need more war? lol

[@eamonahern7495]

​@@angelofamillionyears4599no, we just need limits on fishing

[@amandarusson547]

Any boats or ships were being targeted and sunk by the Nazis. Any time there's a danger to humans and we refrain from our usually harmful activities, nature begins to thrive and pollution lessens. Hmmm 🤔

[@linmal2242]

Tell the Chinese ! Ha

[@hugoagogo4324]

We need to stop them tearing up the sea bed

[@joela140]

Overall very interesting and eye-opening video. If you refer back to our history and the American Revolution, you will find that the ship that was deliberately sunk was named for the Battle of Oriskany that occurred in Oriskany, NY in 1777. It was a turning point in the Revolution and the bloodiest battle of the war. For your edification, Oriskany is pronounced Oh - RIS - kuh - nee; rather than oh - ris - CON - nee. I think it deserves to be remembered and honored accurately to an international audience. I do appreciate your efforts to bring this valuable information to the forefront.

[@davidavard8461]

I had an uncle who served on her, and was looking to see if anyone commented on the correct pronunciation. Thanks for the little history lesson as well.

[@shawntricemartin7963]

I just want to recognize your channel and your great work…, I’m not really into KZbin and social media in general but whenever I see BE AMAZED I click because I know it will be GREAT CONTENT. Facts, ample background info, the sarcasm and the little round guy keeps it interesting. Can listen to the narrator narrate all day. Thank you so much and keep up the great work. I ❤️❤️❤️ Your channel!

[@BeAmazed]

thank you so much!

[@marygarrison9882]

My husband worked at a naval shipyard for a while. He was part of the crew that decommissioned the ships and prepared them to be sunk. AKA target practice. He asked his boss why they don't scrap them. His boss told him because it costs more to scrap them.

[@charlestaylor3195]

Hold your tounge and say that.

[@jameslipke354]

They should have been scrapped. Our Federal Government has an excuse rather than a solid solution for every problem...and THEY are the problem. I agree that those responsible, ie Goodyear, should be held accountable for cleaning that mess up. Unfortunately since the EPA is a Government agency, that will never happen. They're as effective as the FDA is with BIG PHARMA. On my not so humble opinion. ~APRIL LIPKE

[@nickarganbright7218]

Don't sunk ships actually make good artificial reefs? I have heard of them being sunk purposely for that reason, but with better results than the tire idea. Though when they do it deliberately for a reef they remove all the potentially polluting things like motor oil and fuel and all that, I'm guessing that might not have been a priority for the military just looking to get rid of obsolete ships.🤷 lol of course I posted this right at the end of the video 😂

[@abarthspider3479]

Yes. The mighty big $$ worth more than our Earth

[@henricoderre]

Your comment is right on the money.

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

I'm so glad he's bringing up the implications of attempts to help the environment that don't quite fix the bigger problems. I almost wanted to be part of the cremains artificial reef project before he brought this to my attention.

[@Merivio]

Same here

[@rarapas]

This is imo your best video. Thank you for highlighting the mess people do trying to "fix" the environment they screwed up in the first place..

[@brucewelty7684]

Wow the others must be horrendous.

[@bikeny]

I am now a subscriber. For 2 reasons: 1. Nice to learn new things. 2. Since you didn't play any music while you were speaking, the video was a pleasure to watch and listen to. I only wish more YT hosts would knock off the bad practice of playing music (any music) while they are speaking. We are watching and listening to the video. We do not want to be distracted by music. So, any news or thoughts on the subway cars that the NY Transit Authority dumped into the ocean (I don't recall if it was the actual Atlantic Ocean or one of the other bodies of water around us here in NYC or even if they brought them down south to Florida). IIRC, they said that they were going to do the coral thing, too.

[@thefamilyssouptv7815]

The sarcasm is on point

[@Ezekiel903]

in the US nothing moves without profit, even if it is good for all!

[@PitWChannel]

It is. But I am a bit critical about him lecturing about the co2 emissions this memorial generates. I mean, he wouldn't do an episode showing how much pollution his videos are generating, would he?

[@IAW88]

*Your video is very good, I see the effort you put in to create a great product for us, thank you!*

[@jeremygonzal8603]

For a channel who typically just made a compilation of interesting stuff, this was an unusually great video filled with a lot of actual substance and even encouraging thought about the relationship between environmentalism and politics. I have never seen this channel do something like this. Kudos!!!!

[@duckattak]

They actually make videos like this often. Not necessarily an “educational” one like this but a single 20 min video dedicated to 1 topic. They’re cool

[@refugio311]

I was in Florida in2021, after COVID-19; I did not have any knowledge of it. Thanks be to god. However, as a civil engineer, I’ve witnessed sea blooms of the sargassum in the ocean. Before removing the tires, and after seeing the chemical damages were already done, thoughts from soil science is to reset the entire product beneath a hot bed of soils. Such would be a tanker that churns hot soil to do the same as the posts of tires. The results would be land reclamation. The chemical spoilage would be converted by soils, the number one organic converting mechanism. Picking the tires out is just for people who have hurt small pretty fish, and apparently they have really stunted it for hundreds of years. If you have already allowed the damage, the damage is somewhat irreversible, so reclaiming land is a better option. Seaweed spawning is going to recover the ocean faster than removing tires. They might want to save the shape of Florida. The Pangea concept might not be exactly true. Asia and the seven continents are expanding bodies, and one day in the center of the ocean another continent is probable. There are conservative minds who created Pangea. Human morale fiber is not to go beyond a visible conservative.

[@YELLTELL]

SOUNDS LIKE A CRY BABY CRYING BOUT PPL MAKING MONEY WHILE DOING GOOD, SOUNDS LIKE A DEMONCRAT HONESTLY

[@1_BlackDog_23]

Back in 2016 Trump got elected, two months into his Presidency he said we really need to clean up the ocean, their was a vote and none of the Democrats or Republicans wanted to spend the money on cleaning the ocean, but sure as hell were real quick to send billions to Ukraine, and we all know half that money came right back here into the crooked Politicians pockets.

[@dennisf.macintyre117]

In some very dry states with desert like conditions, tires are used as a home building medium. I think they are called space ships or something like. The tires get packed solid with dirt using shovels and sledge hammers. It results in double wall homes that grow enough food within to sustain the residents within. I propose a centrifugal tire spinning machine would really speed up the process to make good use of waste tires for home building! It would make the filling tires with dirt so much less labour intensive and the tires would be quite solid if spun fast enough. It would make these homes so much more dirt cheep!

[@fisterB]

Yes. They call them Earth Ships.

[@haubenmeisewillow-tit331]

Great docu! ❤❤❤ Very interesting and informative! Thank you 😊

[@jimk4864]

not sure you can hold Goodyear accountable when the government approved the dump

[@DivergentDroid]

Goodyear knew what the tires were made of and the potential harm. I'd say there were highly complicate. They have scientists who formulate the materials. They have to know these things. it's their job.

[@henricoderre]

Pretty sure you can hold both accountable. Both were trying to get rid of a problem they either directly or indirectly created.

[@user-en3jv4td4h]

Corruption allowed Goodyear to get approval. You can be sure clever Goodyear lawyers looked for and found a way to pass off their responsibility, like any big corporation.

[@Charles-cs8mv]

yeah it's not like governments are undermined or at least heavily influenced by the industries ...

[@RealPackCat]

All those shoe soles and sandals wasted on an experiment.

[@richardkudrna7503]

In Grand Tortuga the university of Florida developed a coral farming method and greatly accelerated coral formation. I think it’s a concrete lattice with ideal shape to allow nutrients to flow but predators can’t access until growth overflows the structure.

[@richardkudrna7503]

I wish the information about this was better disseminated. Costa Rica has opportunity and budget. Heck I’d pay to work setting up coral farms.

[@emmanuelroy1608]

Amazing video , thank you!

[@jimmackey2909]

Negativity can always draw a crowd. Giving both sides of the story brings conversation and solutions.

[@zenokarlsbach4292]

Hahaha, okay, and so, what would you propose should be done with these tyres?

[@LloydsofRochester]

Very well said! I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!

[@watnoudan]

Ok....you can start now then...

[@riprox3980]

Hi , im a really huge fan , please keep upthe conistent work.Been watching your channel for 2 years :) Thank u so much!!

[@BeAmazed]

thank you for tuning in! appreciate you sticking around :)

[@james26reading]

Broward Artificial Reef INC should pay for the clean up. They were the experts who put the tires in to the ocean.

[@ncdave4life]

Wow, there's an awful lot of misinformation in this video. You mentioned several times, but especially starting at 18:00, supposed effects of CO2 emissions. Virtually everything you said about it is completely wrong. For instance, at 18:14 you showed an underwater pH scale, with the bar moved far into the acidic zone. Actually, the oceans are alkaline, everywhere, and they always have been, including during the lush Cretaceous and Jurassic periods, when levels of you-know-what (the gas that you pretend is harmful) were several times higher than they are now, and far higher than our emissions could ever drive them.

[@MrNorker77]

I don't mind 4Ocean (or anyone else) making a profit from cleaning up the environment. Worst case scenario: Environment gets cleaned and someone gets rich. Best case scenario: Competitors will spring up that can do it cheaper. Also, there is so much environmental damage to clean up that there is enough to do for a lot of people. No need to create more to keep it running as a business.

[@DownhillAllTheWay]

I'm amazed that they ever thought that marine organisms would build on - of all things - *_rubber!_* At 15:39, they have changed their mind in favour of concrete, and say "the surface is made especially rough to give plenty of surface area to attach to. For the tyres, I cant help wondering if the conversation went somethoing like this ... "How are we going to get rid of all these tyres?" "I dunno - chuck them in the sea?" "Grief! We can't do that - it'll be really bad publicity - you know, pollution and all that!" "It's OK - we'll just say it is to encourage coral reefs" "Yeah - that'll work. Let's do that!"

[@us3rG]

It just didn't work where it was put, even the Pacific patch houses life

[@DownhillAllTheWay]

@@us3rG... so you reckon that marine organisms would attach themselves to rubber if it was dumped in the right place? I must confess that I don't know, but they put tendrils into whatever anchors them, and it's hard putting tendrils into rubber - nomatter where it is!

[@us3rG]

@@DownhillAllTheWay maybe it shouldn't just be rubber cause they'll need something to snack on if we want them to stick around.

[@cottonp20]

I have always thought that there would be a way to get rid of the old tires by grinding them up and mixing it with the asphalt that is used for our roads,or it could be heated and sprayed on the ground before the concrete is used for the same roadway! I think it would make a good surface medium for the road and also help them from cracking up SO quickly!

[@anonmachina]

A similar process has been used to apply a 'safe surface' on playground surfaces. I have studied plastics exceedingly, and know that the rubber used for car tires is one of the most carcinogenic mixes on Earth. That children are exposed to it abundantly is disturbing. That the waste is also used in some home products is even more so.

[@georgekane1985]

Adding more people to the decision making process would increase the alternatives to just dumping in the ocean. Including young people of all ages would be beneficial in many ways. Children have amazing creative potential, and they would love to volunteer their energy.😊

[@delaneywilson6296]

Today can’t get any better. A new Be Amazed video, no work, and tacos later 😎

[@Superfan109]

Same here 👍

[@AnglandAlamehnaSwedish]

Health is wealth gd

[@netwrench6570]

Cool, what time, and what should I bring?

[@vikingnoise]

Gyros for me 😊

[@I_EATGLUE]

burritos are better

[@JeepNut-rq5fb]

Im sorry. I must have missed this detail... where exactly is it that this GOLD tire was dropped? 🙂

[@JoulesEnergy-qb9bl]

Yeah good question...

[@duncanbrown4184]

Gold plated. He mentioned it when he talked about the "reef" being created.

[@matthewmccarty8191]

If they tell you, I'll buy the gas and food and provide the hook and wench if you provide the boat and 30% of the reward

[@gracecommunitychurch9543]

It was painted with lead rich paint. It’s worn away by now.

[@johnnyhorton5984]

Very well researched and interesting. Thank you.

[@Pat_Toutz_Stories]

Your video is great. Great idea and information.

[@sweetandlow718]

I love how Florida has lived up to its name for so many years.

[@charlestaylor3195]

What do you mean?

[@lightningboltt5437]

Fucking up nature

[@sweetandlow718]

@@charlestaylor3195 Florida every few years always has some shenanigans. Mostly Florida man stuff.

[@cheleshows]

Actually, no IT (Florida) has not lived up to it name. - Ponce de Leon claimed the land for Spain, calling it La Florida, the Spanish name for flowery, covered with flowers, or abounding in flowers. Now if you are referring to - Florida being largely thought of/and confirmed as a disaster state (this tire sunt as one of many examples) - then yes, most would probably agree.

[@lancerevell5979]

Most socalled "Florida Man" stories are actually transplants. We Native Floridians care for our state's nature.

[@CuriousVistaChannel]

What a fascinating and sobering look at the Osborne Artificial Reef project! This video sheds light on the unintended consequences of environmental initiatives. It's eye-opening to see how well-intentioned efforts can sometimes lead to further problems. The discussion around the Neptune Memorial Reef and the USS Oriskany adds depth to the conversation. Overall, this video prompts important reflection on the broader implications of our actions. Well done! 🌊♻🐠

[@davidcrawford5711]

They dumped thousands of 50 gal metal barrels of DDT in the ocean between San Pedro and Catalina Island !

[@aperitifs]

In termite areas in Australia.. we wish we could protect our houses from being eaten by ddt ... Only thing legal now lasts 5 years before needing expensive re treatment.. DDT lasts centuries.. and can be sprayed directly on humans .. Not good for endangered bird eggs 😢

[@atomatopia1]

That’s so incredibly ironic that hurricanes are just throwing the tires back ashore

[@DiaryofaWimpyKidfan15]

Be Amazed is the best youtuber ever, you can't change my mind.

[@DiaryofaWimpyKidfan15]

​@@PowerfulPlazOfficial he was spamming before then he deleted the comment

[@jimmccauley9099]

Simon Whistler Brain Blaze or 1 of his other 9 channels.

[@mickharrison9004]

Considering the sea holds a major food source it's amazing what people are doing ,against there own families and there futures .

[@gordocarbo]

Agree....we are so overfished, seas polluted we need fish farms...which are horrible for us I wont come near it. To think or believe dumping anything in there has no effect is ignorant on another level. Theres a reason people say there is a need for reefs...too much crap in the water killing them off so the solution is to dump more garbage in? Tires, metals plastics isnt good for any living organism. Glad I dont have much time left on this planet I can remember when fish stores were common, prices were affordable and all was freshly caught.

[@christophersharp1884]

Can you imagine going through all the training to complete that diving training mission to just pull up old tires?

[@davidgeiger]

Radiation was well understood when they dumped all that nuclear waste, giving a generous 20 years for those barrels to rust and release, I bet you could find a strong correlation between cancer and seafood enjoyment over the last 40 years.

[@wyndham4324]

You had me in the first half 😂

[@marthagomezdiaz9648]

it been a long time since i watch your videos 😭😭 i finally came back . i missed you and your vids. at this point I dont know if we are helping the environments or not

[@richardbrookins5406]

What people do not realize is that now to be sunk the vessel must be cleaned of any such waste including oil, petroleum, asbestos, pcb's, and other hazardous material. Before being sunk the vessel is inspected by the Department of Environmental Protection and must be cleared before being sunk.

[@armchaircritic4178]

Well researched and immaculately narrated.

[@Anothermachine]

I love that Mother Nature threw the tires back at us...wish she could purge them all

[@henricoderre]

Purge all the tires is wishful thinking. Later, new generations might drown in the radioactive promises of a better future, or whatever else we disposed of in the ocean(s).

[@SireD-si2xt]

I know it won't help the problem directly but I have a suggestion: Take a nice, slow, 3 mile walk during your favorite time of day. Be sure to do ample amounts of breathing; the trees will thank you and you'll be literally doing the most you -can- do without shelling out cash or getting your hands dirty.

[@Hoojammyflip]

Yup - the trees like the CO2 that we exhale and they give us back oxygen 😁

[@itsstar4171]

I love your hottakes! Do more of them pleaseeee. Also, there’s a new way to cremate that has less harmful emissions….maybe you can make a video on that

[@user-dz4pv3is4g]

Airless, puncture proof tires, could have been used 50 yrs ago. Screwed again by big corporations.

[@AyeCarumba221]

Whether or not the tires had a net gain of sea life in the ocean, this is still a disgusting abomination.

[@wilson5377]

Amazingly, this is the saddest news.😔🙏🌏

[@user-mk5rl9vr7v]

I dropped my bottle on the floor hoping i would be paid £5 to pick it up... just ended up with a £100 fine :(

[@henricoderre]

LOL!

[@mattc3656]

In the UK they are still dumping raw sewage into the coastal waters every day!

[@GuyFromGeorgia]

Sneaky, good report. Thanks. I didn’t know. Now I wanna know more. Good win, friend!

[@Wilz.soft01]

I really love your videos... Your sacarsm is top notch.. My download list is full of your videos..i have really learnt a lot from you.. Keep up the good works..

[@Faitch2603]

No one will be seated as Be Amazed ventures into the murky waters of social commentary 😮

[@racerx192]

Who were these scientists and engineers who told everyone this was good for the environment?

[@DenisMaksymowicz]

Well done examination of how the corporations evade responsible for their past actions. I am a capitalist, but don't like cheating

[@henricoderre]

Good PR = good BS. All companies have dark secrets. When money is involved, there's no such thing as good intentions.

[@Stu-SB]

Recent online images of these catcher type boats coralling all the plastic flotsam is truly frightening.. Glad we are aware and doing something about it.

[@henricoderre]

What exactly are they doing with the plastic they collect? Moving it elsewhere is not much of a solution to solving the predicament we are all in.

[@ovalwingnut]

Qualifies as the 2nd most depressing documentary to date.Thank you.

[@cavdvr99]

I remember when the did this, I believe "60 Minutes" covered this in the early 70's. The proclaimed how this will re-energize the reefs!

[@sandygirl2544]

I don’t why even in the 60s anyone would think throwing trash or anything in the ocean would be a good idea? And especially all the fish eaters? I don’t know anyone thought yeah just toss it in the ocean. It will sink and be fine? Its amazing 😅

[@KMF3]

It's difficult. What do we do with all our trash?

[@sandygirl2544]

@@KMF3 idk ?? And now they are saying all the batteries from the electric cars have no where to go but they still plan on making all cars electric by 2050 .i don’t understand its seems one problem after another .it will never stop I guess

[@KMF3]

@@sandygirl2544 yeah yeah I don't know either

[@Hoojammyflip]

They were supposed to be linked together... but that failed 😞

[@11Rana111]

Imagine all the terrified fish that witnessed storm of tires falling from the ocean sky having their fish babies crushed.

[@Hoojammyflip]

🤣

[@prassler]

better than endless sewage

[@user-iv4uy4qz4b]

We do that here too. @@prassler

[@mutteringmale]

Must have been Trump's idea, not the tires, but crushing baby fish. Quel Horror.

[@countryjoe3551]

@@mutteringmale Wallowing in Trump Derangement Syndrome is a terrible life choice.......

[@benrichards6158]

there were plenty of people protesting this idea back when it was started, but Florida got paid to take the tires, now it is costing someone else a lot more to fix. Good on 4Ocean for finding a way to fix the shortsightedness of 70-90's politicians

[@hamag1973]

We are NOT losing coral reefs. Their distribution varies over time based on several different factors and there is no evidence that we are "losing them" because new populations also arise all the time. In fact, basically all of our coral reefs are doing very well.

[@jengsci8268]

There are very nice resorts in Mexico on the shore that still dump raw sewage from the resort right into the ocean. First time I saw the water in the bay turning brown from just past the shoreline out, I was like WTH? Then I realized what it was. Never going back there. Third world countries have a lack of water processing facilities and just dump all the waste in rivers and oceans.

[@Angyal_Angyal]

That's what I was thinking about as I watched the video. What about all of the other countries that have no or relaxed regulations regarding refuse? How much crap (no pun intended) are they adding to the water and atmosphere? 🤔

[@henricoderre]

Concerning the resorts in Mexico, cheap labor in Mexico made it interesting for some well-known American companies to move part or the whole of their operations to Mexico. Because of this, I'd be worried about what exactly is in the ocean if the sewage system leads there. A good way to ascertain the health of a pond is to evaluate the general health of the frog population in that pond. Perhaps the effects of recent industrialization should be studied to assess the health risks of those living with these conditions for extended periods of time. But, if you don't have enough money to promote a health campaigm, such as third world countries, then you can't afford to pay for such a campaigm, and nearly anything goes.

[@wittwittwer1043]

I served on nine US Navy ships while I was in G Co, 2nd Bn, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, LANT. The ships: USS Mountrail APA-213, USS Raleigh LPD-1, USS Boxer LPH-4, USS Okinawa LPH-3, USS Guadalcanal LPH-7, USS Vermillion AKA-107, USS Montrose APA-212, USS Terrebonne Parish LST-1156, USS Terrebonne Parish LST-1156, and USS York County USS-1175. Every one of the ships has been used as a target, sunk as a reef, sold for scrap, or sold to foreign countries. The York County was sold to the Italian Navy in 1972 and later scrapped. The Terrebonne Parish was sold to Spain in 1978. The three carriers: The Boxer was originally CV-21. It was completed too late to serve in WWII, but did serve in Korea. Later it was converted to serve as a helicopter assault ship. Both the Okinawa & Guadalcanal were purpose-built as helicopter assault ships, and all the others of this class were named after Marine Corps battles: Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guadalcanal, Guam, Tripoli, New Orleans, and Inchon.

[@Angyal_Angyal]

Thank you for your service. 🇺🇲

[@quixote5844]

Your tax dollars at work.

[@daveb7889]

I was on LPH-7 Guadacanal end of 1979. M 3/2

[@daveb7889]

oops..1978

[@xynged]

But when I dump a rolled up carpet in the ocean its a crime

[@dantyler6907]

Wouldn't it take LESS energy to simply melt old tires and recast them into new tires? I would expect the steel belts would also be easily recyclable...

[@aperitifs]

Fresh rubber is good.. Old tyres are dangerous on the road... Some things can be recycled.. A 20k machine can turn tyres into bits used to make safe children's playground surfaces... Soft when you fall from monkey bars , same stuff as the heavy gym Matts..

[@Quinshahd]

One man's trash is another man's treasure

[@henricoderre]

Who would want something everyone else is trying to get rid of?

[@TheMirolab]

But more often, one man's trash becomes everyone's trash!

[@orchidorio]

Using tires like this is brain dead! Experiment first! See what works. Don't just haul off and dump 2 million tires. Regarding USS Oriskany, say it like this, "or-RISK-any".

[@oughtssought1198]

@2:00 they knew radioactivity was poisonous in 1950s too

[@DavidAbyssal]

Good video, and good points there...! @1:48 thats the Atlantic ocean

[@Skyskwatch297]

They should try sinking a ship directly onto an underwater subduction zone . Wonder if the Earth would just eat it up?

[@B-Rob84]

Any time humans try to play God it normally doesn't work out very well. We need to leave nature alone. Narure thrived before we got here and will thrive long after we're gone.

[@legorescueairboat8072]

Not if we end it first

[@goni2493]

Life will still find a way hippie.

[@adamhatfield965]

You claim we shouldn't play god in these situations but probably are ok with people using surgeries to change their sex, pro abortion, pro ai, pro crisper. All these things are playing god, none of it is natural.

[@tiffanyernest5213]

And many other animals will go extinct like the golden tree frog. Which will lead to destruction on Earth

[@tiffanyernest5213]

And do not “END IT”

[@roberthodge2771]

In the 1960's as a High School-er I read about the richest man on Earth; he had purchased and mined for resources the 5 biggest landfills on Earth and recycled the results. Expanding metals with sub-micro holes he made flexible spaceship hulls as well from mined metals and such.

[@dfdemt]

1:05 - out of all the things on that list, “unwanted excavated materials“ and “sewage” are not highly destructive towards the environment. “Unwanted, excavated materials” is just a fancy term for dirt and rocks that were dug up for things like building projects. Countries do this all the time to make artificial islands. and sewage is completely organic and biodegradable. So it appears that this list is not 100% accurate.

[@jjensen4029]

You do some great stuff. This has to be one of your best.

[@ilhamchy14]

His channel name Already says the reaction of my face 😂

[@dracaldragon9605]

So, what I'm seeing that commenters aren't taking in to consideration is the cost of various things that 4Ocean has to come out of pocket with. The cost of fuel, the cost of labor, diving equipment, air tanks, wear and tear on machinery, the machines to lift the tires, boat purchases and rentals, and so much more I'm probably not even thinking of that goes in to the logistics of getting such a big project going and to keep it moving. not to mention all the legal stuff including insurances and court costs for accidental deaths and injuries. And all this without even going into this being for the production of one bracelet. Which by the way one tire could probably make 50 to 100 of your feel good pieces of junk.

[@pauliewalnuts240]

People like to think we were just lazy back then. My family works in the wastewater processing industry. Until the late 1980s, it was thought that reducing the toxicity of any hazardous substance was possible thru diluting it in water...."dilution is the solution" is the infamous motto the waste industry abided by. Look no further then dumping tons of shit literally right on our own coasts and shores. We fucked up back then, but the vast majority of our decisions back then weren't done to be intentionally harmful, purposefully lazy, of neglectfuly reckless. We were uninformed and thought it was the best solution. Now that's no excuse, many things were done with good intentions. But I just wanted everyone to understand we weren't intentionally destructive, much like future generations will consider us lazy now for focusing on the ev revolution rather then a more beneficial solution. Like hydrogen, hydro dams, and even nuclear power stations... it's all better then fossil fuels. Its also naive to consider everything bad. Literally everything is bad. Vitamins are bad in high doses. We will aways burn dead bodies and create concrete. Look into the true sources of global co2 emissions and which countries it Comes from.

[@IAW88]

*Your video is very good, I see the effort you put in to create a great product for us, thank you!*

[@WesleyWhite-rt3db]

his voice has changed so much from the first video i watched

[@erwynbalbuena9900]

Would you agree?

[@joerichardwad1645]

It’s not just one guy. The producers alternate narrators.

[@mamayl8592]

I have absolutely no problem if 4Ocean makes money in this. Nobody is forced to buy the bracelets they produce. Those that do so are willingly doing so to help the environment. And if 4Ocean is helping to solve the problem, more power to them. I'd love to see more companies follow suit. It would also make sense for Goodyear to help out in some way too.

[@laulaja-7186]

Car tires... an awesome construction material for earth ships architecture. For those places that have enough land to make it work.

[@AI-745]

you're an amazing content creator keep up the great work 😀

[@martineldritch]

Yeesh, if the government invested all that money into tire recycling/repurposing then there would be no cleanup necessary. The ship was the "or-RISS-keh-nee" , Iroquois for "place of nettles". Upstate New Yorkers are probably the only ones who pronounce it right 😄

[@edvaneckert2348]

Thanks for your thoroughful report! I wonder concerning the tiyres why nobody been testing the tyres in saltwater before? Thanks and greetings from Germany!

[@-Enrico]

China & India are like hold our beers....

[@mortanicus5871]

This video's comments on 4Ocean are right on point. The benefit to the environment for every dollar poured into this company is insanely low. You could do much better to just fill up a trash bag yourself when you're at the beach.

[@pietrayday9915]

I don't have anything for or against them - I just don't know enough about them to form an informed opinion - but to be fair, there's a demand for the cleanup work that they're doing, and almost nobody else out there providing the supply to meet the demand, meaning that 4Ocean can set their own high prices for as long as they like until someone else finds a way to undercut their prices. They need competition, and where there's room for competition, there's opportunity for new entrepreneurs to step in to help meet the demand for the incentive of a lower but still significant profit margin. Where are the competitors? Maybe some of you can do this more cost-effectively but still sustainably?

[@henricoderre]

Or, not dump waste in the ocean(s) to begin with. The "passing the buck" BS by those responsible has got to stop. 4Ocean might have best intentions, but the fact of the matter is they are simply picking up where someone else left off, and offering another possible solution to the problem. The question is whether their solution is actually solving the problem at hand - and in my opinion, they are not. What is being done with the waste (tires) collected?

[@mortanicus5871]

Exactly! I'm more of a fan of Ocean Cleanup. They place collection vessels in the mouth of the highest-polluting rivers in the world. In this way, they actually prevent plastic waste from entering our oceans. Collected waste is then sent to appropriate recycling facilities. Of course, there is that which cannot be recycled, and that still has to go to a landfill. @@henricoderre

[@user-hy4ny8uk2m]

It reminds me of an old Simpsons episode little Lisa's slurry

[@user-xf9ye5il5v]

What were these people thinking dumping the trash into the ocean!

[@JeanMorisset-ii7hs]

Thanks for the education.